Not all play

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

Dan Frost, with a game developed by students projected in the background, teaches a popular computer game development course at UC Irvine. He likened analyzing video games to "listening to Beethoven's Fifth in a music appreciation class."

Dan Frost, with a game developed by students projected in the background, teaches a popular computer game development course at UC Irvine. He likened analyzing video games to "listening to Beethoven's Fifth in a music appreciation class." (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Frost, with a game developed by students projected in the background, teaches a popular computer game development course at UC Irvine. He likened analyzing video games to "listening to Beethoven's Fifth in a music appreciation class."